The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2143
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
7:46 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2726
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.86° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.99° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.